More than 5 million U.S. households, or 4.4% of homes, aren’t ready for the switch to digital television signals, Nielsen Co. said today. The new numbers were released the day after more than 400 stations threw the switch, ending analog…
Online television studio For Your Imagination snagged a six-figure ad deal for the upcoming Warner Bros. film “Watchmen” to sponsor FYI’s “Axis of Comedy” (axisofcomedy.tv) online network. The sponsorship launches today and will run through March 6, when the film…
CBS-owned TV.com more than tripled its unique viewers in January, according to Nielsen VideoCensus, MediaPost reports. CBS is adding social-networking features to the site to better compete with the NBC and News Corp. joint venture Hulu.com, the trade publication says….
Because only a handful of big advertisers are using Google’s television-ad service and due to a deep distrust of the company in the TV industry, it begs the question of whether the Internet company will pull the service, as it…
After slashing about 60 jobs last fall, cable network Current TV hired Paul Levine as its president of new media. He’ll be based in the San Francisco headquarters. Current TV currently reaches 58 million homes. He replaces the former Joanna…
“Dollhouse,” the new Fox series created by Joss Whedon, was the second-most requested show on Apple’s iTunes site Sunday behind “Battlestar Galactica,” IMDB.com reports. The show’s debut episode Friday night on Fox finished third in its timeslot, attracting 4.73 million…
The NAB Show will feature more than 70 new exhibitors and several new attractions. Electronic Arts, Phillips 3-D Solutions and 3ality Digital are among the exhibitors that will display their technological innovations for the first time on the show floor….
MobiTV has 6 million subscribers for the mobile media service being carried on Sprint Nextel and AT&T, Multichannel News says. ABC, NBC and MSNBC are among the more than 40 channels of content available on MobiTV, Multichannel News reports. —Danny…
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